tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38004282806113938032024-03-19T03:55:21.798-07:00Gameful LearningWill Hale and the Tadpole Paradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16136363754183332835noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800428280611393803.post-19006632609199567732013-01-31T11:36:00.001-08:002015-03-12T14:08:57.284-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">"Games are the most elevated form of investigation<b>."</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
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enjoyment of being fully engaged offers the greatest motivation. We will
explore intrinsic self-rewarding activities to inspire positive emotions,
personal strengths and social connection to improve the effectiveness and
involvement in working with kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Will Hale is an <span style="color: #cc0000;">engagement specialist – experience generator and greatness
amplifier.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<st1:personname w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Will Hale</span></st1:personname><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">
performs for 1000’s of kids every year. As a full-time kid’s musician since
1990, Will focuses on engaging kids in direct personal experience to gain
useful life skills. </span><st1:personname style="font-size: 12pt;" w:st="on">Will Hale</st1:personname><span style="font-size: small;"> offers
exciting concerts for kids and families, festivals, community events, daycares,
elementary schools, parks and recreation, concert series, churches, libraries,
private parties and pretty much everywhere there are kids! </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.willhale.com/">www.willhale.com</a> 651-307-3849 <span style="color: #c00000;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Videos and game descriptions from
previous Will Hale game presentations, including the Abundance Thank You Game,
Peace Pause, Yes Clap and many more! <a href="http://tadpolegames.blogspot.com/">http://tadpolegames.blogspot.com/</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gamefulness </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">can be a confusing term because it is<b> </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">using game design mechanics and intrinsic rewards in non-game
situations. The <b>Quest to Learn </b>school is an innovative example
that borrows key game participation mechanics for instruction and assessment.to
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The <b>Quest to Learn </b>school is an innovative game-like
learning example that borrows key game participation mechanics for instruction
and assessment. <a href="http://q2l.org/">http://q2l.org/</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/">The Institute of Play</a></b> pioneers new models of learning and engagement. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Author
of <i>Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us
Better and How They Can Change the World</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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McGonigal: TED Talk - Gaming can make a better world </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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schools kill creativity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This
is a classic you might have seen. He is awesome. I have watched tons of his
videos!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://sirkenrobinson.com/">http://sirkenrobinson.com</a> lots of resources – video – audio<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The puzzle of motivation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Games for Change</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
- <a href="http://www.gamesforchange.org/">http://www.gamesforchange.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Their
mission is Catalyzing Social Impact Through Digital Games, and they are Rocking
it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Institute of Play</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> pioneers
new models of learning and engagement. They are key partners in the Quest to
Learn schools in NY and Chicago. The Institute of Play has all kinds of great
free resources but you might need to hunt around their website a bit. Here is a
good starting link, click on the photos to find out about some of the great work
they are doing. <a href="http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/">http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Excellent
curriculum and design resources from the Quest Schools on game-like learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The <b>Q Curriculum Design Pack</b> and <b>Q School Design Pack</b> pdf files are
available for free download. <a href="http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/projects/q-design-packs-2/">http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/projects/q-design-packs-2/</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chore
Wars is a free game that lets you claim experience points for household chores.
By getting other people in your house or workplace to sign up to the site, you
can assign experience point rewards to individual tasks and chores, and see how
quickly each of you levels up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Video Games and Good Learning - article by James Paul Gee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.jamespaulgee.com/sites/default/files/pub/GoodVideoGamesLearning.pdf">http://www.jamespaulgee.com/sites/default/files/pub/GoodVideoGamesLearning.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the 21st Century"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Galinsky - Mind in the Making - Seven essentials life skills every child needs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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Play: Getting Gamification Right<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bavelier: Your brain on video games <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Technology Change Education? Yes!: Raj Dhingra <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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interesting look at the vision and expression of master game designer Will
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game design programs: (mostly for age
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
fun interactive game that teaches game design with the ability to create and
share games. The first level is free but there is a cost for higher levels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">http://scratch.mit.edu/</a> <a href="http://info.scratch.mit.edu/About_Scratch">http://info.scratch.mit.edu/About_Scratch</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Free
MIT programing software for kids – (fairly technical concepts with a bit of a
learning curve but accessible) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Scratch
is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive
stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the
web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important
mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively,
reason systematically, and work collaboratively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No
programming required, free simple game design program. Wacky, quirky and good
for experimentation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Terminology
<a href="http://www.willhale.com/">www.willhale.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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using game design mechanics and intrinsic rewards in non-game situations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The <b>Quest to Learn </b>school is an innovative
example that borrows key game participation mechanics for instruction and
assessment.to create a fertile learning environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Playing a game is the voluntary attempt
to overcome unnecessary obstacles”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> from Bernard Suits *Note: no mention of winning, high activity, competition,
badges of leader boards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A game is an activity that requires at
least one player, has rules and a “victory condition”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
(goal) from Scott Rogers – Level Up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Defining Traits of a Game</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – from “Reality is Broken: by Jane
McGonigal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1. The Goal</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is
the specific outcome that players will work to achieve. It focuses their
attention and continually orients their participation throughout the game. The
goal provides players with a sense of purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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place limitations on how players can achieve the goal. By removing or limiting
the obvious ways of getting to the goal, the rules push players to explore
previously uncharted possibilities. They unleash creativity and foster
strategic thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tells players how close they are to achieving the goal. It can take the form of
points, levels, a score, or progress bar. Or in its most basic form, the
feedback system can be as simple as the players’ knowledge of an objective
outcome: “The game is over when…” Real time feedback serves as a promise to the
players that the goal is definitely achievable and it provides motivation to
keep playing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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requires that everyone who is playing the game knowingly and willingly accepts
the goal, the rules and the feedback. Knowingness establishes common ground for
multiple people to play together. And the freedom to enter or leave a game at
will ensures that intentionally stressful and challenging work is experiences
as safe and pleasurable activity.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Flow</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The flow experience is one of the most universally euphoric experiences human
beings enjoy. Based on the research of
psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - A balance of challenge and skill to
avoid anxiety or boredom and create optimal engagement and learning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi defined eight dimensions of the flow experience:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">1. Clear goals and immediate feedback<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2. Equilibrium between the level of challenge and personal skill<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">3. Merging of action and awareness<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">4. Focused concentration<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">5. Sense of potential control<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">6. Loss of self-consciousness<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">7. Time distortion<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">8. Autotelic or self-rewarding experience</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fiero</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – the Italian word
for moments of personal triumph. (also triggers biochemical reactions) If flow
represents the optimal human capacity to learn, fiero is the payoff that
happens once we are in flow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– the most powerful motivation we have,
other than our basic survival needs. Extensive research supports why intrinsic
rewards are essential for our happiness and life fulfillment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Satisfying work <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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experience or hope of being successful <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Social connection <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Epic meaning, to belong and contribute to something of lasting significance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
need a new mindset that embraces behavior fueled by the inherent satisfaction
of the task itself. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“We
win by PLAYING the game”</span></div>
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– A triumphant accomplishment or
unexpected major win. A good game changes the way we see ourselves and what we
are capable of. Epic wins are often the result of doing something we thought
was impossible until we did it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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usually tools and measures for feedback and gameplay -<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">XP(experience
points) – Level up – unlocking resources - leader boards - awards<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- Kids don’t see jumping around playing
air guitar as exercise or as a way to prevent obesity. There are often deep
unseen learning experiences in every activity kids participate in. Kids do not
suspect that cooperative games teach skills of building trust, mutual regard,
acting purposefully in collective commitment, sharing resources, synchronizing
efforts and accomplishing things that would be impossible to do alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Games
are the most elevated form of investigation." Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We cannot build the future for our youth—but we can build our
youth for the future. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for
their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of
their vision." - Aldous Huxley<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is
too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." — Michelangelo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"The future belongs to those who see possibilities before
they become obvious." — John Scully<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“The illiterate of the 21st century will not
be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn.” ~Alvin Toffler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> “I hear and I forget. I see
and I remember. I do and I understand.” ~Confucius<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.” ~W. Edwards
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Big thinking precedes great achievement." — Wilferd Peterson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“I’m not a teacher but an awakener.” ~ Robert
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“The average teacher explains complexity; the
gifted teacher reveals simplicity.” ~ Robert Brault<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Good teaching is more a
giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.” ~ Josef Albers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to
climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only
way off to the side.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
enjoyment of being fully engaged offers the greatest motivation. We will
explore intrinsic self-rewarding activities to inspire positive emotions,
personal strengths and social connection to improve the effectiveness and
involvement in working with kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Will Hale is an engagement<span style="color: #c00000;"> specialist – experience generator and greatness
amplifier.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<st1:personname w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Will Hale</span></st1:personname><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
performs for 1000’s of kids every year. As a full-time kid’s musician since
1990, Will focuses on engaging kids in direct personal experience to gain
useful life skills. <st1:personname w:st="on">Will Hale</st1:personname> offers
exciting concerts for kids and families, festivals, community events, daycares,
elementary schools, parks and recreation, concert series, churches, libraries,
private parties and pretty much everywhere there are kids! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Videos and game descriptions from
previous Will Hale game presentations, including the Abundance Thank You Game,
Peace Pause, Yes Clap and many more! <a href="http://tadpolegames.blogspot.com/">http://tadpolegames.blogspot.com/</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Will
Hale Tadpole Parade <a href="http://www.willhale.com/">www.willhale.com</a>
651-307-3849 </span></b></div>
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